Tuesday, 12/18/01
Correct Test #11.
"Monsters..." Each correct answer for #4 is worth +1/2. The two underlined words are this week's vocabulary words. Copy them and their definitions.
  1. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." What does this mean? (Extra Credit: Who said this? About what?)
  2. What fears might be called "universal"; shared by most almost all humans?
  3. Do you have any "isms" that someone who doesn't know you might consider "weird"?
  4. Use the definitions on page 246, as well as the definitions below to fill in the blanks correctly.

  5. (p246) assent/dissent, metamorphosis, scapegoat,  fluster, persistent
    idiosyncrasy (n): a personal peculiarity or "ism" that others may find weird
    insomnia (n): inability to sleep
    transfixed (adj/v): frozen with amazement
    revelation (n): an amazing "revealment"
A. My brother was very ____; he kept bugging my mom until she said yes.
B. I stood watching; _________ by  the beauty of the stars.
C. Often, immigrants are used as ___(s) for the problems of society.
D. A caterpillar undergoes a ________, and emerges from its cocoon as a butterfly.
E. I got very ________(ed) before my big performance and made some silly mistakes.
F. Joe has a(n) ___________ where he make his bed just before he gets into it.
G. I was amazed by the _______ that he was really an alien!
H. Joe voiced his __________; he didn't think it was a good idea to go farther into the woods even though everyone else did.
I. Joe suffered from ____, and usually was awake almost all night long.
J. Everyone __________(ed) to the plan; no one disagreed.

"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"
Listen to it!